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Sens. Schumer & Thune optimistic about a cliff deal

Rep. Hoyer: Debt ceiling fight ‘like taking your child hostage’

Krauthammer To Hannity: Obama Has Successfully Created ‘An Internal Civil War’ Within The GOP

WashPost: The top 10 political quotes of 2012

Italian priest’s Christmas flyer: Women incite domestic violence with cold dinners

In Memorium: Famous & infamous lost in 2012

Cliff Dancing

Beware of ‘fiscal cliff’ pessimism

Steve Kornacki: Neither side wants a deal—Obama thinks he'll make fewer concessions after Jan. 1 with a new Senate. And GOP leaders want to look tough

Robert Reich: Why Republicans Don’t Care What the Nation Thinks

The logic of House GOP intransigence

Fiscal cliff fears jolt consumer confidence

Suzy Khimm: Let’s say we go over the ‘cliff’. How quickly will we feel the pain?

Do Nothing Congress

112th Congress Set To Become Most Unproductive Since 1940s

The Most Important Bills Blocked By Republicans In 2012

A Reminder Of How The GOP Spent Its Last 4 Years

David Weigel: Three soon-to-be-former congressmen talk about how bad things have gotten

Politics

The Craziest Republican Legislative Proposals Of 2012

FAIR: The P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2012—recalling some of the stinkiest media moments of the year

US Rep. Edward Markey to run in Senate special election

Secretary of State Clinton to return to work next week after fainting, suffering concussion

Senate Rejects FISA Reforms, Delays Vote On Bush-Era Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Gun Culture

2 Rocket Launchers Turned In During LAPD Gun Buyback

The real lesson in David Gregory’s gun incident

Background Check System For Gun Purchases Maxes Out As Firearm Orders Continue To Surge In Colorado

3 Cops Shot: Gunman Dead in NJ Police Station Shooting

Husband charged in murder of Wisconsin Police officer

Healthcare

Rick Ungar: Beware The Great Health Insurance Scam Of 2014

Five ways your health care will change in 2013

Flashback 2012: SCOTUS And The Health Care Law

Flashback 2012: What The Affordable Care Act Does - And Will Do

Meanwhile…

John Nichols: The Nation's Progressive Honor Roll of 2012

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf dead at 78

Papa Bush aide: "Please put the harps back in the closet"

Man Pushed to His Death Under Train in Queens